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Oder–Neisse Line 543
Odessa 532
Oechsner, Frederick 194
Office of Economic Stabilization (United States) 198
Office of Price Administration (United States) 197
Office of Production Management (United States) 198
Office of Strategic Services (United States; OSS) 293
oil: American 129, 186;
Hungarian 544, 545;
Middle Eastern 126, 129, 132, 149, 285, 286;
Romanian 124, 142, 167, 381, 539, 593;
South-East Asian 186, 211, 213, 589;
Soviet 139, 149, 154, 316, 589;
supplies to Japan 186–7, 589;
synthetic oil 236, 248, 432, 445, 446, 453, 539, 574
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres;
German Army High Command): and Allied Normandy invasion 473;
capitulation to Russians 560;
composition of 18;
invasion of France 60;
invasion of Poland 20;
invasion of USSR 124, 141;
Operation Zitadelle (battle of Kursk) 412;
reorganization of divisions 529;
and tank warfare 526;
tension with OKW 181, 326–7
Okinawa, battle of (1945) 260, 569–70, 572, 573, 577
Oklahoma, USS 192
Okuchi, Vice-Admiral Denshichi 278
Okumiya, Commander Masatake 251, 253, 255
OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht; German Armed Forces High Command): and Allied Normandy invasion 473;
creation of 18;
generals’ knowledge of and involvement in war crimes 492–7, 580–81, 582–3;
Hitler usurps grand strategy role 7, 8–9, 11, 590;
Hitler’s relations with generals 62, 75, 324, 326–7, 481, 486, 491–2, 510–11, 530, 539–40, 544–5, 549, 552, 580–85, 590, 592–7, 600–602;
invasion of Belgium, France and Holland 48–9, 55, 56, 63;
invasion of Norway 38;
invasion of USSR 141, 142, 144, 163, 165–6, 169, 170, 177;
Operation Zitadelle (battle of Kursk) 412, 416, 428;
planned invasion of Britain 92;
tension with OKH 181, 326–7;
and withdrawal from Russia 522–3
Olbricht, General Friedrich 482
Olympic, Operation 573
Olympus, Mount 125
Omaha beach 464, 467, 473–6, 477
Opálka, Adolf 242–3
Oradour-sur-Glane 479–80
Oran 84, 306;
sinking of French fleet at (1940) 77, 92, 306
Ordzhonikidze 319
Orel 171, 411, 417, 421, 425, 427, 521, 522
Organisation Todt 344
Orkney Isles 39
Orléans 71
Orne, River 467, 470
Osborne, Sir D’Arcy (later 12th Duke of Leeds) 390, 483
Oscarburg 41
Oshima, Hiroshi 197, 544
Oslo 39, 40, 41
OSS (American Office of Strategic Services) 293
Ostau, Lina von (later Heydrich) 241–2
Ousby, Ian 490
Outerbridge, Lieutenant William 185
Ouvry, Lieutenant-Commander J. G. D. 36
Overlord, Operation: Churchill and Brooke on 461, 466;
clashes between British and Americans over 605–7;
Liddell Hart on 478;
preparations for 393, 451, 453, 461–72; see also D-Day landings
Overy, Richard 162, 425–6, 430, 459, 538, 556
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 471
Pacific First policy 303, 564, 605
Pacific ‘island-hopping’ policy 533, 565
Pact of Steel (Germany–Italy; 1939) 9
Palau Islands 565
Palermo 378
Palestine 120, 127, 149, 221, 261, 588
Panikako, Mikhail 330
Panther (German tank) 161, 413, 418, 422, 524, 525, 526, 594
Panzer armies: First Panzer Army 316–17, 319;
Second Panzer Army 175;
Third Panzer Army 533;
Fourth Panzer Army 316–17, 333, 412, 415–16, 418, 422, 592;
Fifth Panzer Army 487, 505, 507;
Sixth Panzer Army 505, 545, 548–9;
Seventh Panzer Army 487;
Ninth Panzer Army 421
Panzer corps: II SS Panzer Corps 421, 422, 424;
XV Panzer Corps 73;
XVI Panzer Corps 73;
XIX Panzer Corps 48, 56;
XXIV Panzer Corps 169;
XLI Panzer Corps 56;
XLVII Panzer Corps 420, 506;
XLVIII Panzer Corps 415, 421;
LVI Panzer Corps 410
Panzer divisions: co-operation with Luftwaffe 51–2;
Hermann Göring Panzer Division 402;
2nd Panzer Division 507;
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 419, 479–80;
3rd Panzer Division 419, 424;
6th Panzer Division 419;
7th Panzer Division 59, 419;
10th Panzer Division 311, 313;
11th Panzer Division 419;
12th SS Hitler Youth Panzer Division 472, 476;
14th Panzer Division 332, 344;
15th Panzer Division 123, 294, 296, 385;
16th Panzer Division 319, 344;
17th Panzer Division 424;
19th Panzer Division 421, 424;
21st Panzer Division 123, 127, 133, 293, 294, 296, 298, 303, 312, 476;
24th Panzer Division